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Group therapy is a common form of treatment for PTSD and may help sexual abuse survivors find support networks. (iStock/KatarzynaBialasiewicz)
FaithShort Take
Edwin T. Collins
The damage from sexual abuse cannot be treated by simply punishing offenders, writes the psychologist and former military chaplain Edwin T. Collins. But the church can help survivors by adapting post traumatic stress disorder models.
The temporary reduction of greenhouse gas emissions during the coronavirus pandemic is only a postponement of the inevitable. (iStock/baona)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Mark Graham
Five years ago, Pope Francis raised consciousness about caring for our common home, writes Mark Graham. Now the Vatican must prioritize the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.
Stephanie Jones posts a sign mandating one-way foot traffic among the cubicles at the design firm Bergmeyer, in Boston, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Margot Patterson
After the 9/11 attacks, the United States threw out international law and established a surveillance society, writes Margot Patterson. Covid-19 calls for a less heavy-handed approach, but will we realize that?
“Should I wear a mask to the grocery store?” is one of the new questions about our responsibilities to others. Photo taken outside a business in San Francisco on April 11. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Michael Rozier, S.J.
How we choose to behave during the Covid-19 pandemic reveals who we are and whom we want to be, writes Michael Rozier, S.J. It is a time to rediscover true virtues.
The Mueller neighborhood, in Austin, Tex., was designed to increase the use of solar power. (iStock/JamesBrey) 
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Christopher Rice
Any ambitious program to address climate change raises a red flag of top-down government, writes Christopher Rice, but the Green New Deal can be implemented with support for local decision-making.
A man waits in line for food assistance during the lockdown to contain Covid-19 in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 25. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Antonio De Loera-Brust
The U.S. cannot remains so preoccupied with its own Covid-19 outbreak that it makes a bad situation worse in Latin America, writes Antonio De Loera-Brust. Our fates are too intertwined.